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Why is the cloud important for a new business? This is an amazingly broad question that needs to be unpacked quite a bit before any analysis can take place. And of course, opinions are woven throughout, and you know what they say about opinions…. First, what do I mean by “the...

Trends are Your Friends – 7 Web Trends to Follow in 2016

February 17, 2016

Arra Derderian

Now that we’re weeks into 2016, we’ve been watching the web pretty closely, and listening to our clients, in search of what are the biggest web trends to expect in 2016. From design to development and user experience, here are the 7 most prominent web trends we believe are on...

Windows Azure Media Services Part 1 - Live Video

January 14, 2016

Arra Derderian

Windows Azure Media services contains a ton of features that we can use to make our applications rich with media and do it very easily. Media Services consolidate enconding, storage, search, and delivery into an offering that is truly streamlined. Download this poster of every...

Windows Azure Image Library with DocumentDB and Azure Search

January 6, 2016

Arra Derderian

In 2016 Cloud Construct will be working with Windows Azure Media Services for a handful of our agency's clients. Windows Azure Media Services is a subset of the many features that Windows Azure provides, and is one that builds upon already existing services that are offered in...

3 Simple Steps to Coding from Development Inspiration

December 5, 2015

Alex Ciampi

Whether you’re coding for your own personal website or one at work, chances are you’ve searched the web and come across a code that you’ve wanted to utilize in your own site. When this occurs, temptations to simply copy paste may be strong. Resist the temptation! I cannot stre...

Thinking in Color: How Color Affects Brand Image

November 18, 2015

Kate Ratner

Colors hold the power to instantly communicate brand meaning, message, and personality. That’s why it is hard to overestimate the importance of color in the brand identity design. According to Jill Morton, color psychologist and branding expert, the visual component people rem...

Specifying Shapes for Custom Elements

October 20, 2015

Sam Sinno

The new LayoutPart adds a lot of flexibility to building out pages in Orchard with the ability to add structure and elements to each page. If the already existing elements don’t suit your needs you can create a custom element and reuse that element where needed; although, ther...

Finding Similarities

October 4, 2015

Jessica Sweeney

Last weekend I attended the three day music festival, Boston Calling, a biennial event held at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. A highlight of this festival was the relatively unknown Doomtree set. I would like to use this space to liken this unexpected experience with that of the Cl...

Integrating Grunt and Handlebar templates into MVC Razor files

September 18, 2015

Arra Derderian

Recently the Cloud Construct Boston development team has advocated for using some different tools for building our agency’s new company website. Since our primary development stack is Microsoft.NET, MVC, and Razor, we usually end up building projects using Visual Studio. This...

Why User Experience Design is a Good Place to Sink Money

September 14, 2015

Scott Padgett

Investing in UX (user experience design) upfront can pay dividends for years to come. It’s sometimes hard for a digital agency like Cloud Construct to convince clients to invest their time and money in user experience design. The value of a high number of features in their ne...

The Cloud as the Starting Point for New Business IT

Trends are Your Friends – 7 Web Trends to Follow in 2016

Windows Azure Media Services Part 1 - Live Video

Windows Azure Image Library with DocumentDB and Azure Search

3 Simple Steps to Coding from Development Inspiration

Thinking in Color: How Color Affects Brand Image

Specifying Shapes for Custom Elements

Finding Similarities

Integrating Grunt and Handlebar templates into MVC Razor files

Why User Experience Design is a Good Place to Sink Money

We help startups start up.

The Cloud as the Starting Point for New Business IT

Trends are Your Friends – 7 Web Trends to Follow in 2016

Windows Azure Media Services Part 1 - Live Video

Windows Azure Image Library with DocumentDB and Azure Search

3 Simple Steps to Coding from Development Inspiration

Thinking in Color: How Color Affects Brand Image

Specifying Shapes for Custom Elements

Finding Similarities

Integrating Grunt and Handlebar templates into MVC Razor files

Why User Experience Design is a Good Place to Sink Money

We help startups start up.

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